People are being urged to think before they drink as part of a research project aimed at changing people's binge drinking habits. ... People are being urged to think before they drink as part of a research project aimed at changing people’s binge drinking habits. A team...
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Economy shed jobs for eighth straight month in August NEW YORK - Wall Street fell for a second straight session Friday following a worrisome reading on the nation’s job market, but stocks pulled off of steep losses as...
revived worries about the health of the global economy. Jobs data released this afternoon showed that unemployment in the US soared to its highest level in nearly five years in August, as the credit crunch continues to...
Wall Street retreats, but is off the worst levels of the session, as the spiking unemployment rate adds to worries about the economic slowdown. Stocks cut losses Friday afternoon, as a rally in financial shares helped...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An unexpectedly steep 84,000 U.S. jobs were lost in August and the unemployment rate hit a five-year high of 6.1 percent, fanning worry ahead of November's presidential vote that the economy was...